We are all familiar with the design motto “Less is more”. When design is optimized to have no more than the fundamentals or what is needed, it can transcend beyond the norm reflecting purity, simplicity and cleanliness. Minimalism though simple and unadorned, is not boring, but can be very attractive and achieve beautiful results.
In this article, we explore the minimalism in the context of wallpaper designs. Particularly, minimalist color and monochrome wallpapers. A minimalist color scheme is normally limited to 2 or at most 3 colors, while monochrome is having only one color represented by differing hues, tints and shades. Minimalist wallpaper designs are good desktop backgrounds because they are relaxing to look at and gives you less clutter on your desktop.
So here they are, 33 free beautiful minimalist color and monochrome wallpapers for everyone. Hope you enjoy it!
1. Minimalist Cubistic Walltastic by ineedfire
2. Evidence of the Divine by Allen Ellison
3. Shallow Wallpaper by Evilbright
4. Sugar Wallpaper by Robbie
5. Grass Blade Wallpaper by Evilbright
6. Cups by Robbie
7. Man with a mission by 3tx
8. Take a break by Sujanan
9. Red & White by Apolyptica
10. White Wallpaper by Robbie
11. Letters from Iwo Jima by Lioncourt82
12. Golden 1 by Robbie
13. Winterthur 034 Blues by Yago Veith
14. Monumental Modern SIA-ZH by Yago Veith
15. Soft Visions II by Yago Veith
16. The Path of Spring by Yago Veith
17. Monochromatic by Gina
18. Green Mamba by Yago Veith
19. Wind Trap by Raul Lieberwirth
20. Minimalist by Dandelgrosso
21. Bleach from Mini Tokyo
22. Chain of Justice from Mini Tokyo
23. A Dream from Mini Tokyo
24. Lethal Beauty from Mini Tokyo
25. Black Rock Shooter from Mini Tokyo
26. That Uchiha Guy from Mini Tokyo
27. Devil Angel – Tomose Shunsaku from Mini Tokyo
28. Aqua eye beauty from Desktop Nexus
29. Surfer silhouette by dicid from Crestock.com
30. High Heels by Dolgachov from Crestock.com
31. Abstract Valentine Background by Lizard
32. Monochrome blond geometry #3 by dolgachov from Crestock.com
33. Sea Turtle by sharply_done from Crestock.com
GFXBD on August 27, 2010
Wow very selective wallpaper. All of these are appealing. I could use it for my graphic design of any kind. Thanks for sharing these nice pack of wallpaper collection.
memy on September 1, 2010
turtle is nice, however, crestock gives away 21 high res wallpaper and turtle is just 1 of them: http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/21-magnificent-high-resolution-wallpapers-131.aspx
memy on September 1, 2010
oh, the right link is http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/14-new-high-resolution-desktop-wallpapers-115.aspx
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